Father of 18-year-old killed in 2022 testifies in accused murderer's trial

Dexter Clark D E X T E R C L

A R K Junior J R

Mr

Clark how do you know Devin He's my son

I know this is difficult so we'll just take it

as slow as you need to go OK When was

the last time that you saw Devin I don't know

the actual date

Uh I I don't know the actual date

Um but I do know um it was um

A few days before the weekend

And um

I lay down to go to sleep and he was

in his room uh

That's all

And um

At some point um did you report Devin missing And

when did you do that Um Probably um a little

later on um maybe like a day or two later

um I noticed that I hadn't heard anything from him

um so I called and reported him missing

Had you tried to call him during that intervening time

I did

I didn't want to think

Um nothing was wrong

Oh so I kinda just pushed it like to the

side a little bit

Was it um Had Devin done this before where he'd

been gone all weekend No he would he would usually

leave sometimes with his friends and come back but um

you know it wasn't nothing like

Out of the ordinary

And when you tried to call him what happened Uh

I didn't get no call from uh I didn't get

um he didn't pick up um whenever I tried to

call him

And do you remember what uh phone number you had

for Devin at that time OK

Um does 743-244-0344 sound right I'm not yeah could be

I'm not sure

Like the rest of us you probably just plugged it

in your phone and that's what happened

Um So was anybody else at your house um with

y'all the the night that um you last saw Devin

My kids were

And did any of them tell you anything about uh

what he did after you went to bed Um my

son is that he was there um um and he

said he got up

And played with him for a little bit um and

then he left um he said he didn't think anything

about it it wasn't nothing strange um

Um did you know anything about what uh Devin was

wearing when he left the house Um can you uh

walk us through what happened on a Sunday afternoon after

you reported Devovin missing Mm

Um I Uh Um I I thought he was with

his friends at first um because usually he wouldn't leave

and just go with anybody um and then I noticed

that um his friends all of a sudden started popping

up and Um

One by one I noticed that he wasn't with the

people that um I thought he was with

Um And

So then uh I guess a a little bit went

by and then that's when I ended up calling

Um did Devin have a well obviously he had a

cell phone

And um have you seen that cell phone since Devin

uh was killed No

Um did he have a wallet or anything he would

carry with him I mean he he did but he

didn't usually carry he usually carried a bag

OK

Um did you notice anything else missing from Devin's room

No Oh what shoes did he normally wear Um it

depends

Uh he had um a few

Um most of the time he wears slides or something

What kind of slides Uh Nike

Um I wanna

Leaving that subject just for a minute um talk to

you about another report that you filed on the evening

of September 18th um regarding a firearm

Do you remember that And can you explain what happened

and what report you filed Um

I reported my phone was missing because um I know

that usually uh Devin would um we would go shooting

and I let Devin um That was the gun that

Devin did use when we went to go shooting

Um I was in a um shooting club um country

boys therapy um and that's what we did on the

weekends and um so Devin would shoot the gun there

And Uh Yeah

And so at some point after he was missing did

you check to see if that firearm was where it

was supposed to be I did

I checked and it wasn't there so I reported it

What kind of gun was that Uh 9 millimeter cannon

Um and when was the last time you had seen

it Um Maybe a week or two before the end

Um did you have any ammunition for that firearm at

your house What kind was that Do you remember And

just remember just say yes or no no

Um when the officers came out to take this report

um did you give them that ammunition Yes

It's just

If I could have just a moment Your Honor

Thank you

Your Honor those are all the questions I have for

this witness

Thank you

Yes ma'am

Mr

Trapp cross-examination

Briefly

Good morning Mr

Clark

How's it going Uh I know this is difficult

I only have a couple of questions for you alright

You mentioned that

Um there was a firearm missing

Uh was that firearm normally kept in a box Yeah

It was kept in a box

Yes

Is that box locked or do you need a special

key to get inside Uh I kept it in a

box that was locked in my closet

OK

And so uh the individual if anyone were to get

that they would have to have access to your closet

Is that about right Uh yeah OK

Um what color was that gun Gray gray and green

I wanna say

And you mentioned that uh your shooting club was Country

Boys Therapy and that you would go shooting with Devin

at this club and that when you would go this

would be the gun that Devin would use

Uh how often would you guys go Um Devin didn't

go all the time I went but I would go

um every weekend

And so some weekends he would go and some weekends

he wouldn't yeah

Um and you said that this gun was a 9

millimeter right Um And You said the last time you

may have laid your eyes on it was at least

a week before a week or two yeah but you

haven't seen it since

Um were there times where Devin would use his gun

outside of going with you to the Country voice therapy

that you're aware of No

Nothing further Judge

Redirect

No ma'am

Thank you

Thank you Mr

Clark

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